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^I agree.

There's no denying Beyonce's abilities as a performer, she can entertain and proved that this past Sunday on the world's biggest stage. I applaud her. However that performance was a literal mash-up of various award show performances. Plus her setlist just seemed off, not really the best choice of songs, and didn't really surge well together.

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Beyonce's HBO Doc Pulls 1.8 Million Viewers

Beyonce proved a huge draw for HBO on Saturday night.

The intimate documentary about the singer, Beyonce: Life Is but a Dream, pulled 1.8 million viewers during its inaugural outing at 9 p.m. ET. It's the largest audience for a HBO doc since Nielsen revised its method of measuring viewership in 2004.

The only other documentary to approach Beyonce's haul was previous record holder When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The Spike Lee miniseries about the devastation caused to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina earned 1.7 million viewers in 2006.

Life Is but a Dream's handsome haul pulled three times the ratings of recent first-runs for HBO's Sunday series Girls.

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After watching the Super Bowl and Life Is But A Dream I really can't help but admire Beyonce's work ethic and ambition. Her drive is inspirational. She really is a true star and powerhouse performer. However, I also can't help but feel like she is completely self-absorbed and more addicted to fame than she likes to give off. At the end of the documentary I felt like it was more of a meticulously edited and staged promotional device attempting to humanize Beyonce rather than a documentary showing the "real" her.

Re: Beyonce "The Mrs Carter Show" Sold out in the UK within Minutes

Originally Posted by CupidBoy

I hope the good sis Stoowii got his ticket.

I didn't!!!

Last concert I went to was her Sasha Fierce tour. I remember getting the tickets easily.

This go around, I was not so lucky AND with two pre-sales. She had a Bey-Hive exclusive pre-sale on 02/06; no luck. Toyota Center (venue she's playing at here) VIP Club pre-sale on 02/08; no luck. Sale to the general public on 02/11; no luck! Sold out within 3 minutes!

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I bet she releases an official single in he coming months. You can't just come from singing at inauguration and releases a bitch this bitch that song. She has to know the people who don't like Obama will be using this song against him and especially the First Lady. This should have been just a reg track left on the cd.

He got that thickness, the kind that make you get up makin' biscuits with breakfast, so gone - Jill Scott - So Gone

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The rumours have been confirmed. Beyoncé Knowles is officially the new face of H&M. The superstar singer features in the Swedish retailer's new campaign, modelling pieces which are inspired by her individual style. The print and billboard images were shot by renowned fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin and see Beyoncé relaxing on a tropical beach, posing in swimwear by the sea. Copy on the images read "Beyoncé as Mrs Carter in H&M," tying in neatly with her upcoming world tour.

Speaking about the campaign, she said: "I've always liked H&M's focus on fun affordable fashion. I really loved the concept we collaborated on to explore the different emotions of women represented by the four elements - fire, water, earth and wind… It was a beautiful shoot on a tropical island. It felt more like making a video than a commercial."

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Originally Posted by Stoowii

Yas! @ "Slay"

^^ Thank you. Charlemagne talks a lot of sh!t BUT a lot of time he is 100% on point. This is one of those times. If you don't like the song, don't like the song. But don't get all up in arms over the word bitch. Its petty and time consuming.

My favorite part of his spiel: "Keyshia, don't go chasing waterfalls. Stick to the Ciara's and the Keri Hilson's that you're used to. Beyonce is not in your weight class. That is a battle you can not win. Go square off with Ashanti or somebody."

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Beyoncé comes face-to-face with her past in the her latest collaboration with Pepsi titled, "Mirrors."

In the one-minute video, King Bey' faces off with reflections of her old self, imitating signature moves from her 10-year solo career before introduciing new ones. "Embrace your past, but for now," she closes by saying. It's also been 10 years this year that Bey' has been working with Pepsi.

he commerical previews Beyoncé's first single, "Grown Woman," off her forthcoming album. The Timbaland-produced song, features a confident Bey', ready to show the world she's still got it.

"They like the way I walk cause I walk with a vengeance/ And you listen to me when I talk cause I ain’t pretendin'/ Took awhile now I understand just where I’m going/ I know the world and I know who I am 'bout time I show it/ And I'm moving down like that when I do it/ I could be bad if I want / I can go slow all night long / I’m a grown woman," she sings.

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I haven't been enthused with "Grown Woman" or "Bow Down." But this song featured in this ad, "Standing on the Sun," I'm all for and needs to be released ASAP. It has a perfect summer vibe to it. What is the hold up, Mrs. Carter?!

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It looks like Beyoncé’s “Grown Woman” has finally arrived. After a preview of the song landed on her new Pepsi commercial, she performed the record live for the first time during the Paris stop of her The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. Below is a full studio version of the Timbaland-produced track, co-written by The-Dream, this vibrant dance record will most likely appear on her upcoming untitled fifth solo album.

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It looks like Beyoncé’s “Grown Woman” has finally arrived. After a preview of the song landed on her new Pepsi commercial, she performed the record live for the first time during the Paris stop of her The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. Below is a full studio version of the Timbaland-produced track, co-written by The-Dream, this vibrant dance record will most likely appear on her upcoming untitled fifth solo album.

I just don't like it. No wonder she kept teasing with tracks and didn't release an actual single.

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^Seriously. "Grown Woman" was underwhelming in that Pepsi promo and the full version didn't change my opinion at all. She's generated all this hype for an album that has no release date, title, or official lead single. Real messy.

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I really like this song and wish there was an official release, the only portions of the song I don't like is the rapping/heavy Bangladesh sections. It's a little jarring and doesn't quite mesh well. The rest however, especially the chorus, feels serene.

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#1 in 103 countries (record) and projected to debut with 600,000 copies (highest female this year) with absolutely no promotion. Not only that but it isn't even available physically and it debuted 3 days after the sales week had already begun.

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Happily eating crow for all the trash I was talking. Huge risk, huge reward, and brilliantly executed all around. Conceptionalizing this as a visual album really enhanced the music and these have to be the strongest videos she has ever released. It's hard not to admire this woman's work ethic alone. Get it Bey!